Crude Oil Bubbles Up Into Woman's Home

NBC5i.com ^ | 02/03/2004 | Unattributed

[TexasCowboy]

"Could be that I just don't play well with others."

I'll bet you had trouble staying inside the lines in your coloring book, too.

[Dog Gone]

Could be that I just don't play well with others.

6th grade teachers who put that on report cards don't understand what a license that gives to rebels like you. ;-)

[RikaStrom]

I'll bet you had trouble staying inside the lines in your coloring book, too.

Yes... and I always did come up with the most interesting colors for things. Oh well, I am reasonably well adjusted. hehehehe

[RikaStrom]

6th grade teachers who put that on report cards don't understand what a license that gives to rebels like you. ;-)

Hehe. I did my best to ensure they thought I was . . . unique. :-D

Good night gentlemen, I am off to harass the fuzzy. She's out playing in the rain.

[deport]

The house evidently is not built on a pier and beam foundation, but how is the oil coming through the concrete slab

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I was curious of that also and wonder why it would come up through the slab assuming concrete rather than permeate the perimeter. So my guess is if a concrete slab with beams/footings around the perimeter then it has to be coming up directly under the slab and the slab has to be crack at some place...

[rw4site]

Just heard on the local news that the problem is that Longview city workers hooked her sewer line into a saltwater disposal line two years ago.

A salt water disposal line takes the saltwater after it is separated from the oil at the well site and sends it to a pit and is either trucked or piped to an old well or a specially drilled saltwater disposal well.

Apparently, this is the first instance of a failure at the separater and allowed oil to flow with the saltwater. The lighter oil floated up through the drains and flooded her home.

Her sewage has been going into the saltwater disposal system since her sewage system was installed.

Mayor Murry Moore said that the city would cover the cost of damages.

[deport]

Well things do happen..... I suspect the mess will be a big job to clean up as I would think the oil would have penetrated into the slab assuming it is a concrete slab..... I know of one instance where in a small community where the water department got the sewer line crossed with the potable water to a home.... people were getting sick, etc...

[Southack]

Natural oil seapage happens all of the time, worldwide.

That's how we get things like surface oil forming the La Brea Tar Pits in downtown Las Angelas.

If you don't drill it, pump it, and burn it, then eventually oil will seap up to the top and pollute your surface land, naturally.

...And that's one of those dirty little secrets that the enviro-NAZIs would rather you not learn.

[Southack]

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[Denver_Jim]

Leila is a grand-daughter of R.G. LeTourneau, founder of LeTourneau University and the earth moving magnate. Her father was Richard, former president of the University.

I really doubt that the house is that extravagant, none of the family really lives an extravagant life style. I also would doubt that she owns the mineral rights, those don't transfer like normal property rights.